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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.https://www.wilmerhale.com/WilmerHale 20182017-02-08T20:05:10Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/images/wh-logo.pngWilmerHalehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=17179879989WilmerHale Partner Lester Ross Receives AmCham China Pioneer AwardLester Ross, partner-in-charge of WilmerHale’s Beijing office, was one of two attorneys given the China Pioneer Award by the American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China (AmCham China).2015-11-24T00:00:00-05:002015-11-24T22:09:40Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=17179876003Kenneth Zhou Elected as General Counsel of the Board of Governors of AmCham ChinaPartner Kenneth Zhou has been elected General Counsel of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China, a nonprofit organization that represents US companies and individuals doing business in China.2015-01-14T00:00:00-05:002016-11-18T16:55:29Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=17179871905Lester Ross Elected as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of AmCham ChinaLester Ross, partner-in-charge of the firm’s Beijing office, has been elected Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China (AmCham China). 2014-03-27T00:00:00-04:002014-12-02T14:49:02Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=10737420554WilmerHale Lawyers, Practice Recognized by <em>Chambers Asia Pacific </em>2013<em>Chambers Asia Pacific</em> has released its 2013 rankings, which include the recognition of two WilmerHale lawyers as well as the China Corporate Practice. <em>Chambers Asia Pacific</em> acknowledges Lester Ross for his Corporate/M&amp;A: China-based (International Firms) practice and Tao Xu for her Corporate/M&amp;A: China-based (International Firms) practice in the 2013 edition of this guide to leading lawyers and law firms in Asia.2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:002014-12-03T21:55:04Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=102073<i>Chambers Asia Pacific</i> 2012 Recognizes Top WilmerHale Lawyers<p><em>Chambers Asia Pacific</em> acknowledges <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/lester_ross/" target="_self">Lester Ross</a> for his Corporate/M&amp;A: International Law (China) practice, <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/robert_woll/" target="_self">Robert Woll</a> for his Investment Funds (International Firms) practice, and <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/tao_xu/" target="_self">Tao Xu</a> for her Corporate/M&amp;A: International Firms (China) practice in the 2012 edition of this guide to leading lawyers and law firms in Asia. Along with these individual rankings, WilmerHale is recognized by <em>Chambers Asia Pacific</em> in the practice of Corporate/M&amp;A: International Law (China).</p><p><em>Chambers Asia Pacific</em>’s rankings are based on thousands of interviews with lawyers, clients and industry leaders, with the most weight assigned to client feedback. The rankings take into account a lawyer’s legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, commitment and other qualities that clients consider valuable.</p><p><em>Chambers Asia Pacific</em> 2012 results, including rankings and editorial, can be found <a href="http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Asia/Firms/3675-46119" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>2012-03-01T00:00:00-05:002014-12-02T15:26:14Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=101117Lester Ross Re-Elected to AmCham-China Board of Governors<p>WilmerHale Partner <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/lester_ross/" target="_self">Lester Ross</a> has been re-elected to the Board of Governors of The American Chamber of Commerce in the People's Republic of China (AmCham-China). The formal announcement of Ross’ re-election came on November 9, at the Chamber’s 2011 Annual General Meeting.</p><p>AmCham-China is a non-profit organization that represents US companies and individuals doing business in China, with a mission to help them succeed through advocacy, information, networking and business support services. The Chamber has more than 2,600 members from over 1,200 companies.</p><p>As a member of the Board of Governors, Ross explains, “I meet regularly with senior officials of both Chinese and American governments to advocate for wider market access and improved operating conditions for member companies. I work to improve Chamber documents and services to make AmCham-China more effective and more responsive to members.”</p><p>Prior to being elected, Ross served AmCham-China as General Counsel, Chair of the Insurance Forum and Chair of the Legal Committee. He concurrently serves as Co-Chair of the Insurance Forum.</p><p>Visit <a href="http://www.amchamchina.org/" target="_blank">AmCham-China’s website</a> to learn more about their support of American business interests in China.</p>2011-12-07T00:00:00-05:002014-12-02T15:46:13Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=102445WilmerHale Named Among Top 20 National Corporate Law Firms By <i>Corporate Board Member</i><p><i>Corporate Board Member</i> magazine has announced that WilmerHale is among this year’s list of the top 20 national corporate law firms, ranked according to general counsel surveyed by <i>Corporate Board Member</i>/FTI. </p><p>These results are part of the 10th annual America’s Best Corporate Law Firms study—an annual study that identifies the top 20 national corporate law firms, according to general counsel and directors serving on boards of publicly traded companies, and now identifies the biggest corporate law firm in 25 major metropolitan areas. </p><p>In January 2010, <i>Corporate Board Member </i>and FTI Consulting Inc. surveyed over 2,200 general counsel and 8,500 directors serving on boards of publicly traded companies. The survey contained questions regarding a variety of board of director level legal issues. General counsel were asked to select up to 10 national firms they would choose to aid them should their company need a firm of national scope and reputation to represent them on a variety of legal matters. </p><p><i>Corporate Board Member</i> is the leading information resource for senior officers and directors of publicly traded corporations, large private companies, and Global 1000 firms. The quarterly publication provides readers with decision-making tools to deal with the corporate governance challenges confronting their boards. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.boardmember.com/MagazineArticle_Details.aspx?id=4928" target="_blank"><i>Corporate Board Member's</i> website</a>. </p>2010-05-07T00:00:00-04:002016-11-21T16:54:36Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=100493<i>Chambers Global</i> 2010 Recognizes 23 WilmerHale Lawyers and 10 Firm PracticesTwenty-three WilmerHale lawyers have been named among the “World’s Leading Lawyers for Business” in the 2010 edition of <i>Chambers Global</i>. In addition to these individual listings, the firm was also ranked in 10 practice areas. <br /><br /><i>Chambers Global’s</i> rankings are based on thousands of interviews with lawyers, clients, and industry leaders with the most weight assigned to client feedback. The final rankings take into account a lawyer’s legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, commitment and other qualities that clients consider valuable. <br /><br />The following WilmerHale lawyers have been ranked in the 2010 guidebook and are listed below by practice area and country in which they are recognized: <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arbitration (International):</span><br />Global: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/gary_born/">Gary Born</a> (Band 1) <br />Europe-wide: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/gary_born/">Gary Born</a> (Star Band), <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/steven_finizio/">Steve Finizio</a> (Band 3), <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/franz_schwarz/">Franz Schwarz</a> (Band 4) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Competition/Antitrust:</span><br />Belgium: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/christian_duvernoy/">Christian Duvernoy</a> (Band 5), <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/claus-dieter_ehlermann/">Claus-Dieter Ehlermann</a> (Band 2), <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/thomas_mueller/">Thomas Mueller </a>(Band 4), <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/john_ratliff/">John Ratliff </a>(Band 3), Sven Völcker (Band 3) <br />USA: William Kolasky (Band 2) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Corporate/M&amp;A: China/Hong Kong Foreign:</span><br />China/Hong Kong: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/lester_ross/">Lester Ross</a> (Band 2) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Intellectual Property:</span><br />USA: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/william_lee/">William Lee</a> (Band 1) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">International Trade/WTO:</span><br />Europe-wide and Belgium: Jacques Bourgeois (Senior Statesman*), <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/claus-dieter_ehlermann/">Claus-Dieter Ehlermann </a>(Senior Statesman*) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">International Trade: Export Controls &amp; Economic Sanctions:</span><br />USA: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/ronald_meltzer/">Ronald Meltzer</a> (Band 2) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">International Trade: Trade Remedies &amp; Trade Policy:</span><br />USA: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/charlene_barshefsky/">Charlene Barshefsky</a> (Band 1), John Greenwald (Band 2), <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/robert_novick/">Robert Novick</a> (Band 2) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Life Sciences: Commercial:</span><br />Global: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/david_redlick/">David Redlick</a> (Band 1), <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/steven_singer/">Steven Singer</a> (Band 1) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Privacy &amp; Data Security:</span><br />USA: J. Beckwith Burr (Band 1), Samir Jain (Band 3), David Medine (Band 1) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Private Equity: Buyouts:</span><br />USA: <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/robert_schwed/">Robert Schwed</a> (Band 3) <br /><br />WilmerHale has also been recognized for the following practice areas in the regions listed below each: <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arbitration (International):</span><br />Global (Band 3) <br />Europe-wide (Band 2) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Competition/Antitrust:</span><br />Global (Band 3) <br />USA (Band 2) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Competition/European Law:</span><br />Europe-wide (Band 3) <br />Belgium (Band 2) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Corporate/M&amp;A: China/Hong Kong Foreign:</span><br />China/Hong Kong (Band 4) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Data Protection:</span><br />Global (Band 3) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Intellectual Property:</span><br />USA: (Band 1) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">International Trade/WTO:</span><br />Global (Band 2) <br />Europe-wide (Band 2) <br />Belgium (Band 2) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">International Trade:</span><br />USA (Band 1) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Life Sciences:</span><br />Global (Band 1) <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Privacy &amp; Data Security:</span><br />USA (Band 1) <br /><br />* Senior Statesman is a lawyer who no longer works hands-on with the same intensity but who, by virtue of close links with major clients, remains pivotal to the firm’s success. 2010-03-22T00:00:00-04:002017-02-08T20:05:10Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=100549Extending Stock Incentives to Chinese EmployeesMany multinational companies with operations in China recognize the benefit of extending their stock incentive plans to employees of their subsidiaries in China. Doing so requires that they register the plan with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) under the Operating Procedures for the Administration of Participation by Domestic Individuals in Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Stock Option Plans of Overseas Listed Companies. The regulations impose a registration obligation on listed or public multinationals, but lack clear guidance on the registration obligation of non-public companies. For more on these regulations, see our recent <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/publications/whPubsDetail.aspx?publication=8783">Email Alert</a>.2009-02-06T00:00:00-05:002014-12-02T15:58:08Zhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsdetail.aspx?NewsPubId=102173Enforcement of China's Anti-monopoly Law Takes Shape<p>A little more than five months since its effective date, the structure and procedure for enforcement of China's Anti-monopoly Law (AML) have begun to take shape. The AML makes clear that transactions subject to notification in China must be cleared there before they can close, a provision for which there was no enforcement power under earlier regulations. The division of responsibility among the Anti-monopoly Commission, the three enforcement departments—Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), State Administration for Industry &amp; Commerce (SAIC) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)—has been clarified, the first court cases have been brought, and the Supreme People's Court has specified how administrative law cases alleging anti-monopoly conduct will be adjudicated.</p><p>To read more on the enforcement of China's Anti-monopoly Law, click <a href="http://auth.wilmerhale.com/uploadedFiles/WilmerHale_Shared_Content/Files/Editorial/Publication/China Briefing Series.pdf">here</a>.</p>2009-01-23T00:00:00-05:002014-12-02T15:23:57Z